This hardy Pokémon feeds on electricity and as a result can often times be found taking up residence in vacant power plants. Electabuzz are extremely irritable and aggressive Pokémon and are prone to spirited competition. During torrential thunderstorms, Electabuzz will compete with one another to determine who is capable of attaining the highest ground, as to be most likely struck by a bolt of lightning out of the sky. If struck, Electabuzz will absorb the electricity and will not be harmed. It is in this same manner that captured Electabuzz are sometimes used in small towns as an alternative to lightning rods. Also, as is demonstrated in ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', Electabuzz, captured and non-captured alike, are enraged by the color red. If one of these Pokémon sees the color red, it will become violent and raze. Another interesting behavioral fact about this Pokémon is that all members of the species are capable of entirely nonverbal communication via electrical currents when in close proximity to one another.

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This hardy Pokémon feeds on electricity and as a result can often times be found taking up residence in vacant power plants. Electabuzz are extremely irritable and aggressive Pokémon and are prone to spirited competition. During torrential thunderstorms, Electabuzz will compete with one another to determine who is capable of attaining the highest ground, as to be most likely struck by a bolt of lightning out of the sky. If struck, Electabuzz will absorb the electricity and will not be harmed. It is in this same manner that captured Electabuzz are sometimes used in small towns as an alternative to lightning rods. Also, as is demonstrated in ''[[EP042|Showdown at Dark City]]'', Electabuzz, captured and non-captured alike, are enraged by the color red. If one of these Pokémon sees the color red, it will become violent and raze. In battle, Electabuzz windmills its arms, apparently to add momentum to it punches. This method of battle seems ineffective, as prey has been known to escape in the meantime. Another interesting behavioral fact about this Pokémon is that all members of the species are capable of entirely nonverbal communication via electrical currents when in close proximity to one another.

Biology

Physiology

Electabuzz is a slightly humanoid and partly feline creature covered in yellow fur with black stripes, one of which is shaped like a lightning bolt. It has a long, cat-like tail. The three toes on Electabuzz's feet are arranged like that of a bird's foot, but its hands have a human appearance, with five fingers on each hand. Electabuzz has two sharp fangs and a pair of antennae. In the dark, Electabuzz will glow a light blue with the electrical charge stored inside of it.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Electabuzz specialize in using electrical attacks. Electabuzz can also be good with using physical attacks, such as the elemental punches, Brick Break and Mega Punch.

Behavior

This hardy Pokémon feeds on electricity and as a result can often times be found taking up residence in vacant power plants. Electabuzz are extremely irritable and aggressive Pokémon and are prone to spirited competition. During torrential thunderstorms, Electabuzz will compete with one another to determine who is capable of attaining the highest ground, as to be most likely struck by a bolt of lightning out of the sky. If struck, Electabuzz will absorb the electricity and will not be harmed. It is in this same manner that captured Electabuzz are sometimes used in small towns as an alternative to lightning rods. Also, as is demonstrated in Showdown at Dark City, Electabuzz, captured and non-captured alike, are enraged by the color red. If one of these Pokémon sees the color red, it will become violent and raze. In battle, Electabuzz windmills its arms, apparently to add momentum to it punches. This method of battle seems ineffective, as prey has been known to escape in the meantime. Another interesting behavioral fact about this Pokémon is that all members of the species are capable of entirely nonverbal communication via electrical currents when in close proximity to one another.

Electabuzz, the Electric Pokémon. An evolved form of Elekid. It appears near power generators, and because it eats electricity it can cause blackouts.

This concludes the entries from the Diamond & Pearl series.

In the manga

Electabuzz in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Electabuzz debuts in its own round, Buzz Off, Electabuzz!, as the main Pokémon of Lt. Surge. It is so vicious that even the Trainer himself can't keep it in its Ball, and its ThunderPunch attack tears through ground floors like wheat. However, though the most that Poli could do against it was freezing its feet to flee, when it evolved into a Poliwrath, the tables turned, and a Seismic Toss threw them both off the ship.

Trivia

Note its fingers

Electabuzz is one of five Pokémon that initially did not evolve into or from another Pokémon, but now is part of a three-stage evolutionary line (the other four being Chansey, Magmar, Porygon, and Roselia).

Electabuzz and Elekid share the same species name with Zapdos. They are all known as Electric Pokémon.

Magmar and Electabuzz seem to be counterparts; both evolve in a very similar way (first at level 30, then after being traded holding an item which has a name that ends with the suffix "-izer"), and both are typically exclusive to one version of a pair of games. They also learn all their moves at the same levels, such as Fire Punch and ThunderPunch at Level 28. They even have the same special moves when purified from Pokémon XD: Follow Me and Cross Chop. Their pre-evolutions and evolutions were released in the same generation (Generation II and IV). Additionally, their Japanese names are essentially phonetic reversals of each other.

Electabuzz is the only member of its family not to have some physical relation to an AC power unit. Elekid's head is shaped like a power plug while Electivire's back pattern looks like a power socket.